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Digital Growth Depends More on Business Models than Technology

Harvard Business Review

For an example of digitally-enabled business model transformation, consider Domino’s Pizza, which has experienced a massive turnaround since 2010. By comparison, $1,000 of Chipotle stock purchased the same year and sold at its peak in 2015, before the e-coli scare, would have only been worth about $5,000.

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Carlos Ghosn, Nissan, and the Need for Stronger Corporate Governance in Japan

Harvard Business Review

As one accountant based in Japan during 2010, explained , “there was a big rush of inquiries about schemes that might be used either to split out salaries or defer part of it.” In 2015, Japan reformed its corporate governance code to require boards to have at least two independent directors.

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What GE’s Board Could Have Done Differently

Harvard Business Review

in early 2018, according to Moody’s. Before 2018, it had the three standard board committees — governance, compensation, and audit — plus a technology and risk committee to cover important areas such as product risk, cybersecurity, and technological innovation. In January of 2018, GE announced that it was taking a $6.2

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Lose those News Blues and Leave the Dark Side: The World’s Never Been Better

The Practical Leader

billion m³ between 2005 and 2018 to cover 22% of land area. Prices for battery packs have dropped 87% since 2010. Global rates of measles have dropped by 2/3 from 2000 to 2018. Global malaria mortality has dropped by 60% between 2000 and 2015. Coal-fired power plants are declining rapidly around the world. did the same.

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To Make Better Decisions, Combine Datasets

Harvard Business Review

Stringer’s website observes that “These costs are projected to rise over the next four years to $782 million by FY 2018, a figure that is greater than the FY 2015 budget for the Parks Department, Department of Aging, and New York Public Library combined.”.

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To Make Better Decisions, Combine Datasets

Harvard Business Review

Stringer’s website observes that “These costs are projected to rise over the next four years to $782 million by FY 2018, a figure that is greater than the FY 2015 budget for the Parks Department, Department of Aging, and New York Public Library combined.”

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How Netflix Expanded to 190 Countries in 7 Years

Harvard Business Review

In the second quarter of 2018, its international streaming revenues exceeded domestic streaming revenues for the first time. before 2010, and in only 50 countries by 2015. By 2017 it was operating in over 190 countries, and today close to 73 million of its some 130 million subscribers are outside the U.S.